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From 2007 to 2011 he was Visiting Professor in Islamic Studies at the National University of Distant Education and the Camilo José Cela University, and Research Associate in Comparative Religious Studies at the University of Seville from 2008 to 2011. He is now Associate Professor in Religious Studies at the Camilo José Cela University in Madrid. | From 2007 to 2011 he was Visiting Professor in Islamic Studies at the National University of Distant Education and the Camilo José Cela University, and Research Associate in Comparative Religious Studies at the University of Seville from 2008 to 2011. He is now Associate Professor in Religious Studies at the Camilo José Cela University in Madrid. | ||
In 2009 he was appointed Associate Editor in charge for Spanish scholarship of '''4 Enoch'''. From 2009 to 2012 he joined Book Reviews Commission of the journal ''[[Henoch]]'', and in 2011 the Board of Directors of the [[Enoch Seminar]]. | In 2009 he was appointed Associate Editor in charge for Spanish scholarship of '''4 Enoch'''. From 2009 to 2012 he joined Book Reviews Commission of the journal ''[[Henoch]]'', and in 2011 the Board of Directors of the [[Enoch Seminar]]. | ||
A former scholar in Contemporary Philosophy, Religious and Islamic Studies (he has translated into Spanish and commented inter alia the works of Abu l-Hasan al-Ash'ari, Avicenna, and Mulla Sadra Shirazi), since 2008 he has almost entirely devoted his research to the study of [[Second Temple Judaism]] and [[Christian Origins]]. In 2012 he launched the Camilo José Cela University International Research Seminar [http://sites.google.com/site/ | A former scholar in Contemporary Philosophy, Religious and Islamic Studies (he has translated into Spanish and commented inter alia the works of Abu l-Hasan al-Ash'ari, Avicenna, and Mulla Sadra Shirazi), since 2008 he has almost entirely devoted his research to the study of [[Second Temple Judaism]] and [[Christian Origins]]. In 2012 he launched the Camilo José Cela University International Research Seminar [http://sites.google.com/site/origenesdelcristianismo Rethinking the Making of a Difference: Jewish-Christian Boundary Drawing in Late Antiquity] with [[Pamela Michelle Eisenbaum]] (2013), [[Daniel Boyarin]] (2014), and [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (2015); the seminar is co-sponsored by, and will be hosted at, the Xavier Zubiri Foundation in Madrid. | ||
==Works on Second Temple Judaism, Christian, and Islamic Origins== | ==Works on Second Temple Judaism, Christian, and Islamic Origins== | ||
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Carlos A. Segovia (b.1970) is a British-born Spanish scholar. He is currently associate professor in religious studies at the Camilo José Cela University in Madrid, Spain.
E-mail address: segoviamail@gmail.com
Biography
Carlos A. Segovia was born in London, England, on May 22, 1970. In 2004 he earned his PhD in Philosophy and Religious Studies from the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). From 2007 to 2011 he was Visiting Professor in Islamic Studies at the National University of Distant Education and the Camilo José Cela University, and Research Associate in Comparative Religious Studies at the University of Seville from 2008 to 2011. He is now Associate Professor in Religious Studies at the Camilo José Cela University in Madrid. In 2009 he was appointed Associate Editor in charge for Spanish scholarship of 4 Enoch. From 2009 to 2012 he joined Book Reviews Commission of the journal Henoch, and in 2011 the Board of Directors of the Enoch Seminar. A former scholar in Contemporary Philosophy, Religious and Islamic Studies (he has translated into Spanish and commented inter alia the works of Abu l-Hasan al-Ash'ari, Avicenna, and Mulla Sadra Shirazi), since 2008 he has almost entirely devoted his research to the study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins. In 2012 he launched the Camilo José Cela University International Research Seminar Rethinking the Making of a Difference: Jewish-Christian Boundary Drawing in Late Antiquity with Pamela Michelle Eisenbaum (2013), Daniel Boyarin (2014), and Gabriele Boccaccini (2015); the seminar is co-sponsored by, and will be hosted at, the Xavier Zubiri Foundation in Madrid.
Works on Second Temple Judaism, Christian, and Islamic Origins
Monographs
- Guía para entender a Pablo de Tarso (2013 Piñero Sáenz/Segovia), book Forthcoming in 2013
- ¿Fue Pablo cristiano? El redescubrimiento contemporáneo de un judío mesiánico (2013 Segovia), book Forthcoming in 2013
Edited Volumes
Translations
- Fronteras: La invención del cristianismo y del judaísmo como dos religiones en la antigüedad tardía (2012 Boyarin / Segovia), book (Spanish ed.) Forthcoming in 2012
Book Chapters
- "Isaiah 66:19, 21 and Paul's Gentile Mission: A Contribution to the Contemporary Rereading of Paul as a Jewish Author." / In: Paul and Scripture. Edited by Stanley E. Porter and Gregory P. Fewster. Pauline Studies. Leiden: E. J. Brill. Forthcoming in 2015.
- "John Wansbrough and the Problem of Islamic Origins in Recent Scholarship: A Farewell to the Traditional Account." / In: The Coming of the Comforter: When, Where, and to Whom? (2012 Segovia/Lourié), edited volume, xix-xviii.
- "Thematic and Structural Affinities between 1 Enoch and the Qur'an: A Contribution to the Study of the Judaeo-Christian Apocalyptic Setting of the Early Islamic Faith." / In: The Coming of the Comforter: When, Where, and to Whom? (2012 Segovia/Lourié), edited volume, 231-67.
Articles
- "Beyond the Myth: Rereading Ezek 28:11-19 and Gen 2:15-3:24 Differently." Co-authored with Olga M. Pérez. Forthcoming.
- "Pablo de Tarso, Israel y los gentiles: El nuevo enfoque radical sobre Pablo y el caríz judío de su mensaje" <Reassessing Paul's Jewishness: Israel, the Nations, and the New Perspective on Paul> / In: Bandue. Forthcoming in 2013.
- "1 Henoc y el estudio contemporáneo de la apocalíptica judía: Una conversación con Gabriele Boccaccini" <1 Enoch and the Study of Jewish Apocalypticism: A Conversation with Gabriele Boccaccini>. / In: EPIMELEIA 35-36 (2009) 7-28.
- "El judeocristianismo: Una nueva hipótesis; seguido de un resumen de la Demostración 17 de Afraates (sobre la divinidad de Cristo" <Jewish-Christianity: A New Hypothesis; Followed by a Summary of Aphrahat's 17th Demonstration (on the Divinity of Christ)>. / In: Isidorianum 37 (2010) 83-108.
- "Noah as Eschatological Mediator Transposed: From 2 Enoch 71-72 to the Christological Echoes of 1 Enoch 106:3 in the Qur'an." / In: Henoch 33 (1/2011) 134-45.
- "La biblioteca de Qumrán y los esenios" <The Library from Qumran and the Essenes>. / In: Historia National Geographic 88 (2011) 40-48.
Congress Papers
- "Which Theologies in Conflict? Some Suggestions for a Symptomatic Rereading of 4 Ezra in Light of P. Sacchi's and E.P. Sanders' Contribution to the Study of Early Judaism, with a Final Note on the Hodayot from Qumran and Paul." Presented to the 6th Enoch Seminar (Milan, 2011): 2 Baruch - 4 Ezra: 1st Century Jewish Apocalypticism. Enoch Seminar Online
- "Noah as Eschatological Mediator Transposed: From 2 Enoch 71-72 to the Christological Echoes of 1 Enoch 106:3 in the Qur'an." Presented to the 5th Enoch Seminar (Naples, 2009): Enoch, Adam, Melchizedek: Mediatorial Figures in 2 Enoch and Second Temple Judaism. Enoch Seminar Online